Brothers Jorge Guzman and Cuong Le attended the first St. Vincent de Paul ACTS Retreat for Men from April 18th through April 21st. The retreat was held at the Our Lady of Lourdes retreat center in Houston. ACTS is an acronym for Adoration, Community, Theology, and Service. ACTS retreats are based on Cursillo retreats and are designed for parish communities.

St. Vincent de Paul parish began planning this retreat in early 2012. Brother Jorge Guzman volunteered as a team member since the initial planning stages. Brother Guzman had attended his first ACTS retreat in June 2010 at Mary Queen Parish in Friendswood, TX and decided it was time to serve as team member. During the retreat's planning stages, Brother Guzman extended Brother Le an invitation to participate in the upcoming retreat and Brother Le enthusiastically accepted.

The retreat was an awesome and amazing experience for both retreatants and team members. The Spirit of the Lord was truly at work! The retreat ended with the 11:00 am Mass at St. Vincent de Paul parish. Msgr. Bill Young presided the Mass. A lunch reception followed the Mass at the parish cafeteria. Jorge and Le are pictured at the luncheon.